United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920
$29.99 Add to cartIn the 19th century, New York saw the development of a sex industry at the heart of a consumer world of entertainment, goods, newspapers and advertising. In this book, Gilfoyle blends first-hand exper
- Author: Gilfoyle, Timothy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0393311082
- Language: English
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The United States Naval Academy
$24.99 Add to cartFor 178 years, the United States Naval Academy has trained and educated young men and women to be commissioned officers in the US Navy and US Marine Corps. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of th… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Miller, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160245
- Language: English
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A Neighborhood Guide to Washington, D.C.’s Hidden History
$21.99 Add to cartGet off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D. C. ‘s historic neighborhoods. A must-have for visitors and residents alike.
Discover the hidden history of the natio
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Fogle, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596296526
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Pittsburgh
$23.99 Add to cartVeteran journalist Len Barcousky shines a light on the hidden corners of Pittsburgh’s history.
When Mark Twain visited in 1884, he claimed to spy a little bit of hell in Pittsburgh’s smoky appearance.
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Barcousky, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1467135895
- Language: English
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The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel
$19.99 Add to cartJournalist Julie Satow’s thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today’s Billiona… [more below]
- Author: Satow, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1455566659
- Language: English
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Long Island City in 1776: The Revolution Comes to Queens
$23.99 Read more1775 belonged to Boston but after April of 1776, the Revolutionary War’s focus became New York City and the highly strategic Long Island, from Brooklyn’s terminal moraine high ground to Queens’s Hell … [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Melnick, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467140953
- Language: English
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Along the Great South Bay (Illustrated Edition): From Oakdale to Babylon, the Story of a Summer Spa, 1840 to 1940
$24.95 Add to cartNearly twenty years after it was first published, Along the Great South Bay continues to be the definitive source of Great South Bay history, recounting a century in which New York’s most affluent fam… [more below]
- Author: Havemeyer, Harry W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 530
- Publish Date: December 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0990787001
- Language: English
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Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania: Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles
$23.99 Add to cartPassed down over generations, Keystone State legends and lore provide both thrilling stories and dire warnings.
Strange creatures and tales of the supernatural thrive in Pennsylvania, from ghostly chil
- Series: American Legends
- Author: White, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 22 2014
- ISBN10: 162619498X
- Language: English
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Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges and More
$23.99 Add to cartWestern Pennsylvania’s infrastructure is renowned for traversing valleys, mountains, rivers and everything in between. Early surveying in the region delineated state and local boundaries that allowed … [more below]
- Author: Asce Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1625859694
- Language: English
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The Stork Club Cookbook and Bar Book: Throw A Stork Club Party
$19.95 Add to cartRelive the glory days of New York’s poshest night spot with recipes and drinks you can prepare at your own home!
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Billingsley, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1438490941
- Language: English
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City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
$24.99 Read moreBy an acclaimed historian, a sweeping history of the peoples who have come to New York for four centuries: a defining American story of millions of immigrants, hundreds of languages, and one great cit… [more below]
- Author: Anbinder, Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1328745511
- Language: English
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History Lover’s Guide to Baltimore
$43.99 Add to cartNeither southern nor northern, Baltimore has charted its own course through the American experience. The spires of the nation’s first cathedral rose into its sky, and the first blood of the Civil War … [more below]
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Jensen, Brennen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: May 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1540247988
- Language: English
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Brooklyn: The Once and Future City
$21.95 Read moreAn unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to today
America’s most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has- Author: Campanella, Thomas J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0691208611
- Language: English
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Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History
$23.99 Add to cartJoin author Amy Strauss as she traces the sizzling history and culture of a beloved and sustaining Pennsylvania Dutch iconic dish, scrapple.
The name may remind you of a certain word-based board game,
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Strauss, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 09 2017
- ISBN10: 162585885X
- Language: English
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Hidden History of the Finger Lakes
$23.99 Add to cartNew York’s Finger Lakes region is filled with compelling characters, tragic disasters and fascinating mysteries.
Famed daredevil Sam Patch, known as the “Yankee Leaper,” thrilled audiences at Niagara F
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Unvericht, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138193
- Language: English
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Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World’s Most Noto
$23.00 Add to cartAll but forgotten today, the Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan was once renowned the world over. From Jacob Riis to Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett to Charles Dickens, Five Points both horrif… [more below]
- Author: Anbinder, Tyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 143914155X
- Language: English
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Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004
$39.95 Add to cartStand, Columbia! Alma Mater
Through the storms of Time abide Stand, Columbia! Alma Mater Through the storms of Time abide. “Stand, Columbia!” by Gilbert Oakley Ward, Columbia College 1902 (1904) Marki- Series: Columbiana
- Author: McCaughey, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 715
- Publish Date: October 22 2003
- ISBN10: 0231130082
- Language: English
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Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift
$17.95 Add to cartSaved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered s
- Author: Dulong, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: May 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501759124
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Broadway: New York Theater 1850-1970
$47.99 Add to cartThe history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. From this valuable archive, author Leonard Jacob
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Jacobs, Leonard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: June 18, 2008
- ISBN10: 1683369548
- Language: English
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Battle of White Plains: Washington and Howe in Westchester
$41.99 Add to cartWashington’s Harrowing Escape from the Hudson Valley
In October 1776 central Westchester witnessed a critical episode in the early campaign of George Washington’s ragtag Continental Army and its quest
- Series: Military
- Author: Devillo, Stephen Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1540252698
- Language: English
